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A Northern Spotted Owl flies after an elusive mouse jumping off the end of a stick in the Deschutes National Forest near Camp Sherman, Ore. May 8, 2003.

Judge throws out Trump-era rollbacks on endangered species

U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar in Northern California eliminated the Trump-era rules even as two wildlife agencies under President Joe Biden are reviewing or rescinding the Trump-era regulations.

Former President Donald Trump listens as he speaks with reporters while in flight on his plane after a campaign rally at Waco Regional Airport, in Waco, Texas, Saturday, March 25, 2023, while en route to West Palm Beach, Fla.

Lawyer: Trump indicted; 1st ex-president charged with crime

It’s the first ever criminal case against a former U.S. president and a jolt to Trump’s bid to retake the White House in 2024. Trump has insisted he “did absolutely nothing wrong.”

A reconstructed Neanderthal skeleton, right, and a modern human version of a skeleton, left, on display at the Museum of Natural History in New York in 2003. A new study confirms that early humans who lived in colder places adapted to have larger bodies.

Colder Climates Meant Bigger Bodies For Ancient Humans

Human ancestors got steadily larger over the last 1 million years. Our relatives living in colder places developed bigger bodies, a new study finds.

A soldier who was formerly an IT entrepreneur and asked to be identified only by his call sign "Arun" manning a checkpoint in Borshchova, in northeastern Ukraine, on Friday. Ukrainian troops took back the area from Russian forces earlier this month.

Ukraine's offensive in Kharkiv was hard and bitter, say soldiers who did the fighting

While Ukraine's counteroffensive this month was hailed as stunning by military observers, Ukrainian troops tell NPR that Russian forces put up stiff resistance in parts of the Kharkiv region.

Four-year-old Patrick Jang looks down at a picture book that his mother is holding while he sits among stacks with his brother in the children's section at the San Diego Central Library, Dec. 30, 2019.

Some San Diego libraries to reopen Sundays, beginning this weekend

Following rounds of hiring to fill empty positions, 14 of the city's 36 library locations will be open from 1 to 5 p.m. starting Sunday.

Maria Caprigno and her son, Harry, at Disney World.

13 years after bariatric surgery, a 27-year-old says it changed her life

Maria Caprigno was one of the youngest people in the U.S. to get the surgery. As parents and doctors grapple with the obesity treatment for teens, Caprigno cites the long-term benefits.

Sinéad O'Connor sings in concert in 2003 at The Point Theatre in Dublin, Ireland. O'Connor has died at 56.

Irish singer Sinead O'Connor has died at 56

O'Connor, who had one of the biggest hits of the early 1990s with her version of "Nothing Compares 2 U," became as well known for her political convictions and the tumult in her life as for her songs.

FILE - Irish singer Sinead O'Connor performs during the Italian State RAI TV program "Che Tempo che Fa", in Milan, Italy on Oct. 5, 2014. O’Connor, the gifted Irish singer-songwriter who became a superstar in her mid-20s but was known as much for her private struggles and provocative actions as for her fierce and expressive music, has died at 56. The singer's family issued a statement reported Wednesday by the BBC and RTE.

Sinéad O’Connor, gifted and provocative Irish singer, dies at 56

Sinéad O’Connor, the gifted Irish singer-songwriter who became a superstar in her mid-20s but was known as much for her private struggles and provocative actions as for her fierce and expressive music, has died at 56

Ben Krump, civil rights attorney, speaks at a press conference addressing the results of an independent autopsy determining the cause of death of Lashawn Thompson on Monday, May 22, 2023, at the State Capital in Atlanta.

An autopsy cites neglect for man's death in a bedbug-infested Georgia jail cell

Public outrage over Lashawn Thompson's death spread after a lawyer for his family released photos of Thompson's face and body covered in insects.

Army Gen. Paul Nakasone, director of the National Security Agency, says the U.S. has a "blind spot" when it comes to foreign intelligence services that effectively carry out cyberspying from inside the U.S.

After A Major Hack, U.S. Looks To Fix A Cyber 'Blind Spot'

By law, the government can't monitor domestic Internet traffic. Hackers suspected of being Russian exploited this blind spot by disguising their origins and working through unwitting U.S. companies.

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